..To perform a health maintenance organization-based case-control study to evaluate the association of total and high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol with the risk of stroke subtypes and in patient subgroups...

David L TirschwellDepartment of Neurology, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98104 2499, USAStroke 33:2465-70. 2002

..Research based on administrative data has advantages, including large numbers, consistent data, and low cost. This study was designed to compare different methods of stroke classification using administrative data...

Extravasation of radiographic contrast is an independent predictor of death in primary intracerebral hemorrhage

..The results indicate median year 2000 US graduate neurology resident student debt is in the 50,000 to 75,000 US dollars range and that this debt burden may deter US graduates from pursuing careers in academic neurology...

Withdrawal of support in intracerebral hemorrhage may lead to self-fulfilling prophecies

..The risk of seizures after malignant middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarction with decompressive hemicraniectomy (DHC) is uncertain. Also unknown is how this complication influences survivors' recovery and quality of life...

..This review will address many of the common syndromes after hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, including persistent vegetative states, seizures, myoclonus, movement disorders, cognitive dysfunction, and other neurological abnormalities...

Mortality rates after subarachnoid hemorrhage: variations according to hospital case volume in 18 states

..The results generated from the first 2 years of this project will serve as preliminary data for an R01 application that will determine systems to improve QOC for ischemic stroke in Washington State. ..